How Much Is Needed

Most folks wait too late...
As if they have time to borrow,
To live.
And put off until tomorrow,
An opportunity that comes today...
To share in what has been awarded.
But it is delayed...
As if they can afford it!

Only to declare something not done...
Was not.
Because they chose to lock that time away.
To be saved.
Later forgotten and dropped.

How foolish can one be,
To wait to live a life God gave?
As they spend their existence...
Seeking assistance in the collection of trash.
Worthless souvenirs,
Reminisced.
And most of it not wanted.
But sought to leave impressions...
That do not last!

And we hear these confessions,
From the lips of those...
In preparation to pass on!

'Time flies by so quickly...
I wish I had more of it! '

How much is needed...
To always find the time,
To repeat the same wish?

poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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